خَنِثٌ
Root: خنث
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خَنِثٌ
One in whom is an affectation of a bending, or of an inclining of the body, from side to side, and of languor, or languidness; or in whom is a bending and languidness; expl. by مَنْ فِيهِ تَثَنٍّ وَتَكَسُّرٌ: or flaccid, or flabby, and affecting a bending, or an inclining of the body, from side to side: [or effeminate; like مُخَنَّثٌ]: or one in whom is softness, delicacy, tenderness, flabbiness, laxness, or limberness, and an affectation of languor, or languidness: fem. with ة. And
خُنُثٌ and
مِخْنَاثٌ , applied to a woman, Soft, delicate, tender, flabby, lax, or limber, and affecting languor, or languid-
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